Version Information

Version Information — Variables and functions to check the GLib version

Synopsis

#include <glib.h>

extern              const guint glib_major_version;
extern              const guint glib_minor_version;
extern              const guint glib_micro_version;
extern              const guint glib_binary_age;
extern              const guint glib_interface_age;
const gchar *       glib_check_version                  (guint required_major,
                                                         guint required_minor,
                                                         guint required_micro);

#define             GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION
#define             GLIB_MINOR_VERSION
#define             GLIB_MICRO_VERSION
#define             GLIB_CHECK_VERSION                  (major,
                                                         minor,
                                                         micro)

Description

GLib provides version information, primarily useful in configure checks for builds that have a configure script. Applications will not typically use the features described here.

Details

glib_major_version

extern const guint glib_major_version;

glib_minor_version

extern const guint glib_minor_version;

glib_micro_version

extern const guint glib_micro_version;

glib_binary_age

extern const guint glib_binary_age;

glib_interface_age

extern const guint glib_interface_age;

glib_check_version ()

const gchar *       glib_check_version                  (guint required_major,
                                                         guint required_minor,
                                                         guint required_micro);

Checks that the GLib library in use is compatible with the given version. Generally you would pass in the constants GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION, GLIB_MINOR_VERSION, GLIB_MICRO_VERSION as the three arguments to this function; that produces a check that the library in use is compatible with the version of GLib the application or module was compiled against.

Compatibility is defined by two things: first the version of the running library is newer than the version required_major.required_minor.required_micro. Second the running library must be binary compatible with the version required_major.required_minor.required_micro (same major version.)

`required_major` :	the required major version.
`required_minor` :	the required minor version.
`required_micro` :	the required micro version.
Returns :	`NULL` if the GLib library is compatible with the given version, or a string describing the version mismatch. The returned string is owned by GLib and must not be modified or freed.

Since 2.6

GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION

#define GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION 2

The major version number of the GLib library. Like glib_major_version, but from the headers used at application compile time, rather than from the library linked against at application run time.

GLIB_MINOR_VERSION

#define GLIB_MINOR_VERSION 28

The minor version number of the GLib library. Like gtk_minor_version, but from the headers used at application compile time, rather than from the library linked against at application run time.

GLIB_MICRO_VERSION

#define GLIB_MICRO_VERSION 8

The micro version number of the GLib library. Like gtk_micro_version, but from the headers used at application compile time, rather than from the library linked against at application run time.

GLIB_CHECK_VERSION()

#define             GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(major,minor,micro)

Checks the version of the GLib library. Returns TRUE if the version of the GLib header files is the same as or newer than the passed-in version.

Example 1. Checking the version of the GLib library

1 2	if (!GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (1, 2, 0)) g_error ("GLib version 1.2.0 or above is needed");

`major` :	the major version number.
`minor` :	the minor version number.
`micro` :	the micro version number.

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